• SN 1018: The Quantum Threat - ESP32 Backdoor Update, RCS E2EE

  • Mar 26 2025
  • Length: 2 hrs and 53 mins
  • Podcast

SN 1018: The Quantum Threat - ESP32 Backdoor Update, RCS E2EE

  • Summary

    • The dangers of doing things you don't understand.
    • Espressif responds to the claims of an ESP32 backdoor.
    • A widely leveraged mistake Microsoft stubbornly refuses to correct.
    • A disturbingly simple remote takeover of Apache Tomcat servers.
    • A 10/10 vulnerability affecting some ASUS, ASRock and HPE motherboards.
    • Google snapped up another cloud security firm but paid a price!
    • RCS messaging to soon get full end-to-end encryption (done right!).
    • How did an AI Crypto Chatbot lose $105,000? ...and what is an AI Crypto Chatbot?
    • Looks like Oracle may take stewardship of TikTok to keep it in-country.
    • Whoops! 23andMe is sinking — don't let them take your genetics with them!
    • The White House says "the cyber guys should stay!"
    • AI project failure rates are on the rise. Anyone surprised?
    • Listener feedback, and a very interesting update on just how looming is the threat from quantum computing?

    Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1018-Notes.pdf

    Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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